A Vintage Look for Your Quilts: Review and Replicate 1930s Quilts!

In A Vintage Look for Your Quilts: Review and Replicate 1930s Quilts!, Darlene Zimmerman — author and fabric designer — shows you how to replicate the look of 1930s era quilts by discussing the story behind them. Take a ride through quilting history from the 1800s on by viewing examples of quilts and clothing from yesteryear. Along the way, pick up some information on changes in color pallets and quilt patterns that were popular with quilts of the 1920s and 30s. Once you have a grasp on the history of quilts, and feedsack quilts in particular, you’ll be ready to replicate their look with today’s fabrics!

Make sure to visit our online shop to purchase Darlene’s book, Quilting: The Complete Guide, for more quilting tips and techniques!

You’ll love this quilting video if you:

• Like quilt history
• Want to learn more about the quilts and fabrics from your grandmother’s era
• Would like to make, repair or finish quilts in the 1930s style

In A Vintage Look for Your Quilts: Review and Replicate 1930s Quilts!, you will:

• Look at 1930s era quilts and the history of quilting leading up to that era
• Learn how fabrics were dyed for Civil War quilts
• See designs specific to particular times in history and learn the meaning behind those designs
• Get an introduction to feedsacks and learn how they were used in quilts
• Learn why labels are important and what they should say
• Learn how to care for, clean and store quilts properly

About the Expert:

Darlene Zimmerman lives in rural Minnesota, is married and a mother of four children and a grandmother to five. Her quilt career began by designing tools for EZ Quilting (Simplicity) 20 years ago, and she now has more than 30 quilting tools on the market. She has published 4 books with EZ Quilting and 10 books with F & W Publications. Darlene has been designing 1930s reproduction fabric collections for the past 17 years, most recently with Robert Kaufman Fabrics. Darlene frequently publishes articles and patterns in quilt magazines, and has also been self-publishing patterns under her company name of Needlings, Inc. Visit Darlene at her website: www.feedsacklady.com